Table 3 Counseling behaviors of current and never smokers
Question | Total | Never smokers | Current smokers | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Are you convinced that a healthcare worker should advise the patient to stop smoking? | ||||
Yes | 581 (87.63%) | 384 (91.64%) | 197 (80.73%) | 0.000 |
No | 82 (12.36%) | 35 (8.35%) | 47 (19.26%) | Â |
Do you advise your patient to stop smoking? | ||||
Always | 266 (40.12%) | 188 (44.87%) | 78 (31.96%) | 0.005 |
Sometimes | 329 (49.62%) | 192 (45.82%) | 137 (56.15%) | |
Never | 68 (10.25%) | 39 (9.30%) | 29 (11.88%) | |
Do you explain the negative health effects of smoking to your patient? | ||||
Yes | 550 (82.95%) | 355 (84.73%) | 195 (79.91%) | 0.112 |
No | 113 (17.04%) | 64 (15.27%) | 49 (20.08%) | |
Do you follow up with your smoking patients if they reduce or quite smoking? | ||||
Yes | 161 (24.28%) | 116 (27.68%) | 45 (18.44%) | 0.007 |
No | 502 (75.71%) | 303 (72.31%) | 199 (81.56%) | |
Have you recorded any cases that quitted smoking? | ||||
High numbers | 9 (1.35%) | 8 (1.90%) | 1 (0.40%) | 0.193 |
Low numbers | 184 (27.75%) | 111 (26.49%) | 73 (29.91%) | |
Zero | 470 (70.89%) | 300 (71.59%) | 170 (69.67%) | |
Do you know if there are any policies that ban smoking of healthcare workers inside hospitals? | ||||
Yes | 263 (39.67%) | 166 (39.62%) | 97 (39.75%) | 0.972 |
No | 400 (60.33%) | 253 (60.38%) | 147 (60.24%) | Â |
In your opinion, Is it a necessity to have policies that ban smoking and punish who smokes inside hospitals? | ||||
Yes | 550 (83.00%) | 372 (88.87%) | 178 (73.00%) | 0.000 |
No | 113 (17.04%) | 47 (11.21%) | 66 (27.04%) | Â |
Total | 663 (100%) | 419 (100%) | 244 (100%) | Â |